Uptempo Music Lessons.

Beginner

My beginner guitar classes look a lot like this.

You will learn:

• the parts of the guitar

• how to tune the guitar

• basic open chords such as major, minor, dom7

• strumming patterns and how to invent them yourself

• basic songs to strum

• how to practice effectively

• natural notes on each string

• barre chord exercise

• fingerpicking patterns

• alternate picking with plectrum

• how to accompany others

• warm up exercises

• basic 5 note scales

• how to read tabulature

• how to read music notation (if you prefer)

and much more if you’re a keener!

Intermediate

You will learn:

• basic diatonic theory/relationships

• how chords are named

• triad chord barre chord shapes CAGED system

• picking exercises for speed and accuracy

• fret hand exercises for speed and longevity

• 5 position scale patterns for pentatonic/blues, major/minor

• intervals and related exercises 3rd, 3rds inverted, 4ths, 4ths inverted etc.

• arpeggio patterns for improvising

• techniques like string muting, palm muting, pick harmonics,
  vibrato, slides, string bending, tapping, sweep and economy picking, natural
  harmonics, hybrid picking etc.

• songs and solos that use the above techniques and scales

• common chord progressions

• theme/variation for improvising

• eartraining to improve ability to pick songs off recordings

• all the notes on the fretboard

• swing feel, triplets, odd note groupings

• how to count 4/4 and compound times

Advanced

You will learn:

• diatonic and non diatonic harmony using 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, 13ths extensions

• major, minor and composite cadence charts – awesome for songwriting

• how to create mixed mode chord progressions and arpeggio patterns

• scale, chord, arpeggio relationships

• chord subsitution, arpeggio subsitution

• advanced diatonic and non diatonic sequences

• closed, drop 2 and drop 3 chord voicings and inversions

• home chords for memorizing tensions 9/11/13

• economy picked scales and arpeggios and patterns

• sweep picking triads, 7th 9th 11th 13th arpeggios
  via subsitutions

• quartal harmony

• symmetrical scales and uses

• compositional techniques like deceptive cadence
  parallelism, equal division of the octave

• voice leading chords

• eartraining via interval, chord and time figure
  recognition

• how to transcribe solos and songs

• transcribed solos by your favorite guitarists